Homes in Higham sell for a median £233,500
That is the middle of 38 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 3.4 times as much as in 1996. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
55% of Higham’s sales are terraced houses
38 homes sold in three years: 15 detached houses, 21 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 15 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £370K–£540K
- Last 12 months
- £540K7 sold
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £160K–£225K
- Last 12 months
- £174K6 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A terraced town: 55% of homes sold are terraced
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Higham’s homes sold for between £183K and £392K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £540K. 55% sold for under £250K.
The median, £233,500, sits in the £200–250K band
38 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 3.4 times as much as in 1996, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £91,000 in 1996 to £306,000 in the last 12 months (£235,000 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
14 sales in the last 12 months, against 26 in 2001, the busiest year, and 4 in 2009. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 64% more sales than 2020.
Higham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Higham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Each type, year by year
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | £68K | — | £226K | £150K | £170K | £174K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
28 new homes have been sold in Higham since 1995; the share peaked at 32% in 2014.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
18% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 14% sold leasehold in Higham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Higham’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Padiham, Brierfield and Burnley.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higham | — | £234K | 14 | +33% |
| Fence | 1.6 | £280K | 25 | +24% |
| Sabden | 1.9 | £228K | 27 | +34% |
| Padiham | 2 | £110K | 134 | +40% |
| Brierfield | 2.6 | £173K | 114 | +57% |
| Read | 2.7 | £283K | 27 | +35% |
| Burnley | 2.7 | £133K | 844 | +63% |
| Hapton | 3.2 | £184K | 35 | +94% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Higham
What is the average house price in Higham?
The median home in Higham sold for £233,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 38 standard sales (£306,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000 and terraced houses £196,000.
How many homes sell in Higham each year?
14 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 14 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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